Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 2 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 3 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 4 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 5 | Even his genetic code was noted , from when he 'd applied for a work permit , but no matter how subtly Reynard interrogated , no matter how bright his ideas of lateral interrogation , every time he drew blank . |
| 6 | He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house . |
| 7 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 8 | Then there was a big cheer from the 18th and we thought it was Nicklaus who 'd holed for a birdie . |
| 9 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 10 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 11 | Well he told me he 'd gone for a count |
| 12 | He said he 'd gone for a count for a job |
| 13 | Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment . |
| 14 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 15 | Your nanny told me you 'd gone for a walk . |
| 16 | She 'd gone for a walk . |
| 17 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 18 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 19 | After that , he 'd headed for a street in north-west London that he had n't visited in over a year . |
| 20 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |